Vålerenga Stadion
| Valle Hovin, Valle | |
| Location | Valle Hovin, Oslo, Norway |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 59°55′6″N 10°48′34″E / 59.91833°N 10.80944°ECoordinates: 59°55′6″N 10°48′34″E / 59.91833°N 10.80944°E |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Surface | Artificial grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2015 (planned) |
| Opened | 2017 (planned) |
| Architect | Lille Frøen AS |
| Tenants | |
| Vålerenga Fotball (2017-) | |
Vålerenga Stadion, or Valle Hovin, are informal names that has been given to an association football stadium that is currently under construction in Oslo, Norway. The planned stadium will be the home stadium for the Vålerenga Fotball, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League, and will have a seating capasity of 18,000 people.
The stadium plans were accepted by the city council of Oslo in 2014 and by EEA in June 2015. Construction started in August 2015, with a planned opening in September 2017.[1]
History
From the 1960s till the 1980s and a short period in the end of the 1990s Bislett Stadion was Vålerenga's home ground. Bislet Stadion also hosted speed skating and track and field events in addition to football, and hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics. Poor conditions and maintenance of Bislett forced Vålerenga to move to Ullevaal and a groundshare with FK Lyn.
After Vålerenga moved from Bislett Stadion plans for building their own ground were conceived, but poor results on the field combined with financial problems kept those plans at bay for a few years. After the second place in 2004 and the league title in 2005 as well as business man John Fredriksen's deletion of the club's debt in 2003, the talks of building a ground for Vålerenga resurfaced.
Following a press statement made on 15 May 2008, Vålerenga announced that they will be moving home to Valle Hovin after purchasing the area of the proposed stadium for the symbolic sum of 1 Norwegian Krone. In late 2014, the plans were accepted by the city council of Oslo.[2] On 10 June 2014, the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority accepted the plans for the stadium.[1]
Construction is planned to start in summer of 2015.[1]
Transport
The stadium will be served by several stations on the Oslo Metro. Helsfyr Station is the closest station, approximately 500 metres away from Valle Hovin. Ensjø Station and Hasle Station are both approximately one kilometre away.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Sørgjerd, Christian (10 Jun 2015). "Vålerenga får grønt lys, starter stadionbygging til høsten" (in Norwegian). Osloby.no. Retrieved 10 Jun 2015.
- ↑ Eriksen, Per Øivind (11 Feb 2015). "Det nærmer seg byggestart for Vålerenga Stadion på Valle Hovin men stadion blir enklere enn tidligere vist på bilder." (in Norwegian). Ensjo.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.